Monthly Archives: May 2013
A Good Samaritan in Gotham
This afternoon my 22 year old daughter told me the following tale. Last night she attempted to rescue a cat from the curious probing of three dogs. Her reward: a right hand with three puncture wounds and 5 or 6 … Continue reading
Counts of Violence & Syria Tracker
The other day I posted about counts of violence, and discussed the Syria Tracker project. Souraya Tafrah, who works on the project, was kind enough to write a comment to the post, and correct some errors I had made. I … Continue reading
Cyber Stalking
A number of years ago an undergraduate student enrolled in a course of mine had her grades drop like a stone across three exams. I decided to send her an email and ask whether she would like to visit my … Continue reading
But I Just Want an Accurate Count
How many people have been killed, maimed, raped, imprisoned without due process, tortured, etc. in conflict Z, Country Q? News media focus on that number, and those of us who collect and analyze data on dissent and repression as part … Continue reading
‘Sup with no Love for Chuck post-1990?
Cara Jones tweeted in response to my Did Charles Tilly Labor in Vain? post She is wondering about a parenthetical remark I made about Tilly’s work being better prior to 1990. The short answer is: I didn’t learn anything from his post-1990 … Continue reading
Did Charles Tilly Labor in Vain?
Last week Jonathan Panikoff posted a stream of clap-trap and nonsense at Small Wars Journal to support his headline that, in Syria, “The True Chaos Will Begin After the Fall of the Regime.” Why do I sigh? Mr. Panikoff is, … Continue reading
Misheard: an Intergenerational, pre- Sri Lanka Trip Conversation
My 20 year old daughter is headed to a rural village in southern Sri Lanka this summer to do some educational volunteer work. She met with my mom the other day to cull sage advice from a woman who was … Continue reading
Will Opines 